Apply Connect certification

The Apply Connect certification process ensures official certification of LinkedIn Apply Connect.

To achieve certification, review and complete all applicable test cases for each development module. Schedule certification demos with your LinkedIn Business Development contact in any order once development and testing are complete.

During demos, cover all module-specific test cases. If any test cases don't apply to your integration, notify your business development contact in advance.

LinkedIn certifies integrations based on complete coverage of the test cases in the certification demos. Upon successful certification, LinkedIn provisions your production API key.

Review and understand the test cases for each module to ensure a successful certification process.

Note

• Schedule certification demos with your LinkedIn Business Development contact in any module order once development and testing are complete.
• Cover all module-specific test cases during demos. If test cases don't apply to your integration, notify your business development contact proactively.
• LinkedIn certifies integrations based on complete test case coverage.
• Upon successful certification, LinkedIn provisions your Production API Key.

Module 0 - Authentication

Rule	Description
AC-001	Demonstrate OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials integration.
AC-002	Demonstrate ability to periodically verify that an access token is valid.
AC-003	Demonstrate ability to detect access token expiry.
AC-004	Demonstrate ability to retrigger OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow in case token has expired or been invalidated.

Module 1 - Customer configuration

Rule	Description
AC-005	Demonstrate the ability to enable/disable all public jobs for LinkedIn Apply.
AC-006	Demonstrate or explain what triggers updates to existing jobs with LinkedIn Apply.
AC-007	Demonstrate or explain how customers are notified when all jobs have been updated with LinkedIn Apply.
AC-008	Demonstrate or explain actions taken when a customer opts out of LinkedIn Apply.

Module 2 - Create and manage jobs with Onsite Apply

Rule	Description
AC-009	Demonstrate or explain how webhooks are configured for customer jobs.
AC-010	Demonstrate enabling an existing job with LinkedIn Apply for an existing RSC customer.
AC-011	Demonstrate adding all supported question types to the application flow: Education, Work Experience, Voluntary Self Identification, and Favorable Questions (if applicable).
AC-012	Demonstrate the ability to turn off LinkedIn Apply for a synced job.
AC-013	Demonstrate retrieving the current job posting status and displaying the LinkedIn Apply status in the ATS.

Module 3 - Receive job applications

Rule	Description
AC-014	Demonstrate ability to submit an application to the job created.
AC-015	Demonstrate ability to listen and respond to webhook validation events.
AC-016	Demonstrate or explain ability to verify x-li-signature for push events.
AC-017	Demonstrate webhooks receiving job applications for customer jobs.
AC-018	Demonstrate receiving an application and creating a candidate record in the ATS from the submitted application, with the application source set to LinkedIn Apply for tracking and analytics.
AC-019	Demonstrate or explain monitoring, logging, and recovering from webhook outages.

Module 4 - Sync job application feedback signals

Rule	Description
AC-020	Demonstrate or explain how job application feedback signals are mapped to ATS application actions.
AC-021	Demonstrate updating a candidate status in the ATS and syncing job application feedback signals for the previously created applicant.
AC-022	Demonstrate closing the job and viewing the updated signal.

Module 5 - Display Apply Connect plugins

Rule	Description
AC-023	Demonstrate viewing the applicant list page displaying the Applicant Highlights plugin for each LinkedIn Apply applicant record.
AC-024	Demonstrate the hover action on the Applicant Highlights plugin for the candidate created while logged in to LinkedIn.
AC-025	Demonstrate the hover action on the Applicant Highlights plugin for the candidate created while logged out of LinkedIn.
AC-026	Demonstrate displaying the Apply Connect In-ATS profile plugin for the applicant record created while logged in to LinkedIn.
AC-027	Demonstrate displaying the Apply Connect In-ATS profile plugin for the applicant record created while logged out of LinkedIn.

Module 6 - Error handling

Rule	Description
AC-028	Demonstrate or explain retry logic and logging the full request (request and response headers, request and response body) for failed job sync requests.